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Old 07-27-2016 | 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Hydro Junkie
I like the guy saying he was flying it as a hobby, not for profit. He's going to jail and/or paying a huge fine and there's nothing anyone can do to save him. With all the news reports about "drones" and close calls with aircraft, he can't say he didn't know any better. My bigger concern with this situation is the pilot said "within 50 feet and 20 feet down" and flying at roughly 200MPH while on final. With the amount of suction those engines have, the jetliner is lucky it didn't eat that quad and force the pilot to have to land on one engine
Actually they have little or no suction in flight, the pressure is positive in cruise and only negative in a steep climb. And when on the ground of course, very negative pressure at the inlet on the ground.